Deglutitory cup.



H. S. MAGEL.

DEGLUTLTORY CUP.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. \5. 19|s.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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HENRY S. MAGEL, 0F SIDNEY, IOWA.

DEGLUTITORY CUP.

Application filed September 15, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. MAGEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident otSidney, in the county of Fremont and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deglutitory Cups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for facilitating the swallowing or deglutition of medicines and the like, whereby the medicinal material is surrounded by a liquid vehicle and prevented from coming into contact with the lips, mouth or throat during the act of swallowing. The device is adapted for use in administering pills, capsules, powders and other solids, as well as for oils or any liquids that are nauseous or disagreeable to the taste. The particular object of my invention is to provide, for the purpose above mentioned, a simple and inexpensive attachment for an ordinary glass tumbler or similar drinking vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an ordinary glass or tumbler having applied thereto a device embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the holder for the inner cup, and Fig. 3is a side view of: said cup.

My invention may be considered as an improved form of the deglutitory cup shown in the co-pending application of Poulalion, filed Jan. 7, 1916, Serial No. 70753, and assigned to me.

In the illustrated embodiment of the in- Ventionl provide a conical cup 1, having a rounded bottom-portion 2, and preferably made of glass. Ordinarily the capacity of said cup should be about one fiuid-ounce, and the same may be graduated to show various fractional quantities, such as teaspoonsful or fluid-drams, cubic centimeters or the like. The cup is seated removably in a holder, preferably made from an integral piece of sheet-metal stamped and formed as shown. The holder comprises an upper band-portion 3 adapted to fit around the upper portion of the cup 1, a lower band-portion 1 adapted to fit around the lower portion of said cup, side-straps 5 connecting said band-portions and extending convergently with respect to each other, curved strap-portions 6 Which are substantially continuations of the sidestraps, and clamp-portions 7 which are extensions ,of the strap-portions 6 and are terminally bent to an approximate U-shape.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3th, 1918.

Serial No. 120,406.

Said clamp-portions of the holder are adapted to engage i'rictionally the inner and outer surfaces of the upper edge or rim-portion 9 of an ordinary tumbler or waterglass 8, so that the holder will sustain the cup 1 in the relation thereto shown in Fig. 1. In said position the cup is held adjacent to one side of the tumbler, but spaced therefrom and inclined relatively thereto so that one side of the top or mouth of the cup is near the upper edge or rim of the tumbler, and the lower rounded end 2 of the cup is in the lower central part of the tumbler.

The method of using the device will be obvious. The material or article to be swallowed, such as the capsule 10, is placed in the cup 1, and a suitable quantity of water or other desired vehicle or carrier-liquid 11 is placed in the tumbler or outer vessel 8. The rim-portion 9 of the latter, between the clamp-portions 7 of the holder, is then held to the lips and the glass tilted to pour the contents thereof into the mouth. On account of the relative capacity of the inner and outer receptacles, a part of the carrier-liquid will first enter the mouth, and upon further tilting of the device the contents of the cup 1 will be poured out simultaneously with a further quantity of the carrier-liquid 11, the latter flowing around all sides of the cup so as to completely surround the material from said cup as it enters the mouth. Owing to the relative inclination of the inner and outer receptacles, the cup 1 will be emptied prior to the outer vessel so that a further quantity of the carrierliquid will enter the mouth after the last of the contents of the cup. By this means the medicinal material. may be introduced into the mouth and swallowed without coming into contact with the lips, tongue, teeth or surface of the mouth and throat, and the swallowing of such substances thus rendered easy and pleasant.

The cup 1 and the holder therefor, being removably connected with each other and with the vessel 8, may be readily applied to any such vessel, and may be easily kept clean and sanitary.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A deglutition-facilitating device, comprising the combination with a vessel for containing a carrier-liquid, of a relatively small receptacle positioned within said vessel in spaced relation to one side thereof and opening near the rim thereof, and means deta'chably connecting said vessel and receptacle and consisting of a holder in which the receptacle is removably seated, said holder having clamping means for engaging the sides of the vessel.

2. In a deglutition-facilitating device, a conular cup, and a holder in Which said cup is removably seated, said holder having clamping means for detachably engaging the sides of a vessel for containing a carrier-liquid, to sustain the cup within said vessel in spaced and inclined relation to one side thereof and with the month of the cup adjacent to the rim of said vessel.

HENRY S. MAGEL.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

